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» Wednesday News Update

There has been some time since the news updates hasn’t there. With a full weekend using Leopard and testing it out, my final conclusion is that at least for me, it works really well. All applications are working except the Video CS3 suite programs as well as some bugs in Lightroom, namely with the printing module which if you used any of the upgrade options to leopard (and not an erase and install) will not work. So all in all I think Leopard is great, lots of great features and I must say I am in love with Time Machine from the start. So check out the post coming later today, on a Leopard review

Check out these cool photographers!

I’m gonna start off by sending you over to this portfolio of the cool photographer Ninad Dabadghav who has a most impressive portfolio! Check it out right here and be amazed!
Next I will send you to another cool photographer, called Younes Bounhar. He’s an incredible photographer with lots and lots of talent so check him out here!
I wasn’t planning on sending you to this third photographer in the beginning, because I had originally only planned two photographer tips, but I thought why should he not be mentioned. So last but not least, go and check out my buddy, the awesome and talented landscape photographer, Jono Renton!

Photography Comic

So I think I have mentioned this photo comic once before here, but I absolutely love it! It is called WhattheDuck and it is just hilarious! So go over to the What the Duck site and read it!

A little more Leopard to finish off…

If you are thinking about the Leopard upgrade on your Mac but are a little hesitant, check out my review on it coming later today and also go and check out Terry White’s road to leopard part 1, 2 and 3!

Also, check out a new episode series in my Creative Suite Tips & Tricks Podcast that will, starting today, launch as a midweek episode that will all be about being creative with the creative suite and putting tools and techniques that you learn in the sunday/monday episodes to the use and jumping between the programs etc. It is gonna be cool so go and check it out later today!

» It is the Monday News!

Here is this weeks Monday News First off the iPod Classic and iPod Nano (the new ones) are getting a software update making it to 1.0.2 users should get faster response and also better video-out as well as improved Cover Flow so that it now works like in iTunes.

 Fine Art Prints of leading photographers and digital artists!

Check out this cool site called “Digital Photo and Art“ that allows you to purchase fine-art prints from leading digital artists and photographers such as Scott Kelby, Bert Monroy, Ben Willmore and Jim DiVitale! Amazing photographer and PS Guru Scott Kelby’s profits from the site goes right along to the “Springs of Hope Kenya” so make sure to check out his site here for more info!

Which Photoshop?

I get a lot of questions asking me about which version of Photoshop is right for them et cetera. Adobe has just gone ahead and put up a page, helping all of you in-doubt of the Photoshop version you want and you can view it right here!

Creative Suite Tips & Tricks Podcast

In case you missed my Saturday Photoshopping post my new Creative Suite Tips & Tricks podcast has been released well sneak-peak kinda so far! I’m just waiting on iTunes to accept it and then it’ll class as the full release! So that is pretty cool indeed! Check it out at the link right here to get to the online page and if you have any suggestions on subjects you want me to cover, just send me a mail or leave a comment!

That’s it for the Monday News post and I’ll see you back with some more news tomorrow, hopefully by then the podcast has been accepted into iTunes! Oh and a hint, something new and exciting is coming to the site this week, stay tunes for more info on that!

» It’s all Photoshopping Satuday!

So lets take a day that you’re all off the work on and ready to use Photoshop for some fun to booth reveal some exciting news as well as posting some quick-tips!

In the breaking news, just released and kinda sneak peak for the blog readers is the Creative Suite Tips & Tricks podcast, fresh of the site here! Go over to the Creative Suite Tips & Tricks site to find it or wait a day or so for it to get added to iTunes (I will post a link here then)! I’m really excited on this and I’ll be posting weekly or even half weekly updates to it!

So now, lets bring on the Quick-Tips and make it a Saturday with Photoshopping!

 Always open .jpeg in ACR!

If you always want to open your .jpg files inside of camera raw, go under the Photoshop preferences, down to File Handling and tick the box “Prefer Adobe Camera Raw for JPEG Files”.

Shortcuts on Applying Filters

You might have known that you can re-apply the same filter again by pressing Command + F (PC: Ctrl + F) but did you know, that by pressing Command + Option + F (PC: Ctrl + Alt + F) you can get the filter dialog of the filter you just applied, with the settings you applied before filled in.

Hide all layers except one!

To hide every other layer except one, hold down the Option (PC: Alt) key and click on the eye icon next to the layer.

Creating Layer Shortcuts

When creating new layers, there are the shortcuts you must know! First, to create a new layer below the current layer, hold down the Command (PC: Ctrl) key while pressing the new layer button. If you want to create your layer through keyboard strokes, press Command + Shift + N (PC: Ctrl + Shift + N) and to bypass the “New Layer” dialog box, throw in the Option (PC: Alt) key in the mix so it gets Option + Command + Shift + N (PC: Alt + Ctrl + Shift + N). Of course to Create a new layer via copy (likewise to duplicate) press Command + J (PC: Ctrl + J).

That’s it for Saturday Photoshopping, enjoy the tips and check back for the regular news on Monday! Until then, have a great weekend and check out the Creative Suite Tips and Tricks (CST&T) Podcast!

» Monday News Update

So I’ve adapted this format for updates and still manage to find some other stuff in between! Makes some long and nice posts for you to read doesn’t it eh Filled up with some site news and news from myself, a review link as well as some site tips, I think you’ll find this one interesting! Enjoy!

Pixelmator Review

You remember that back in the Wednesday News Update I wrote a little bit about a new program called Pixelmator that was being released, well Justin Seeley has on his blog posted a nice review about this time with the program and also posted a mini-series of video tutorials on how to get started with it! So go over to JustinSeeley.com and check the review out, or click here for the review and here for the video series!
Justin also does two podcasts, the Photoshop Quick-Tips and the Gradient Mesh, check them out as well!

Creative Suite Tips & Tricks Podcast coming soon!

My new podcast is launching quite soon in a week or two. It is called the Creative Suite Tips & Tricks and in it I will cover some tips and tricks over the entire creative suite and all the programs and I will also do themes series on some of the programs like Dremweaver, where you will see tutorials booth in the podcast and here in the site that will be themed on getting started creating your own site, taking advantage of Dreamweaver! I’m really looking forward to be releasing this podcast in the coming weeks!

Tutorials Section fully unveiled!

Yes, just unveiled here on the site is the new tutorial section where you’ll be able to find tutorials on many subjects including all Adobe products and even HTML and CSS as well! So go and check it out either by clicking the new tutorial link in the top navigation or by clicking this link right here!

Website tippers!

I thought I should finish up this Monday News Update with tipping you off on a few of the best sites I know on the web! First off, the largest tutorial site on a ton of things, Pixel2Life is a must view for anyone looking to learn software, with tutorials from Operating Systems to the Adobe applications, you can find all tutorials over at Pixel2Life! The second site, I was recently tipped off on, by my dad, who found this design centered magazine styled blog called Smashing Magazine. This site is jam-packed with goodies on design and more and it is a very valuable resource! So give those two sites a view!